MS-700 - Limits and Specifications

Number of teams a user can create

Subject to a 250 object limit (Any directory object in Microsoft Entra ID counts towards this limit. Global admins are exempt from this limit, as are apps calling Microsoft Graph using application permissions)

Number of teams a user can be a member of

1,000 (This limit includes archived teams)

Number of members in a team

25,000 (Shared channels members from outside the team count toward this limit. Further note that teams/channel mentions are blocked in teams with over 10,000 members.)

Number of owners per team

100

Number of org-wide teams allowed in a tenant

5 (Includes archived Teams)

Number of members in an org-wide team

10,000

Number of teams a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization can have

500,000 ( To further increase the number of teams, you must contact Microsoft support and request further increase to the number of Microsoft Entra objects in your tenant. Increase is only made for real-life production scenarios)

Maximum number of channels per team

1,000 (deleted channel continues to be counted towards the 1,000 channel team limit)

Number of teams a global admin can create

500,000

How long can deleted channels be restored for?

Deleted channels can be restored within 30 days

Number of Private channels per team

30

Maximum number of members in a Private channel

250

Maximum size of distribution list, security group, or Microsoft 365 group that can be imported in to a team (number of members)

3,500

Maximum number of members in a Microsoft 365 group that can be converted to a team

10,000 (Shared channels members from outside the team count toward this limit. Further note that teams/channel mentions are blocked in teams with over 10,000 members.)

Channel conversation post size

100kb per post

How many teams can a channel be shared with

50

How many members can be in a shared channel

5,000 direct members, including up to 50 teams. (Each team the channel is shared with counts as one member for purposes of this limit.)

Number of people in a private chat

250 (Only 200 members can be added to a group chat at the same time.)

Number of people in a video or audio call from chat

20

Number of file attachments in a Chat

10 (If the number of attachments exceeds this limit, you see an error message.)

File size limitation in a chat

100MB

Maximum size of chat message

100KB

Maximum message size when emailing a channel

24 KB

Maximum number of file attachments when emailing a channel

20

Maximum size of each file attachment when emailing a channel

Less than 10MB

Maximum number of inline images when emailing a channel

50

Maximum number of people in a meeting (Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft Teams Essentials, and Microsoft 365 A1 plans)

300

Maximum number of people in a meeting (Microsoft 365 F1/F3/E3/E5/A3/A5/G3/G5, Office 365 E1/E3/E5/A3/A5/G1/G3/G5, and Microsoft Teams EEA plans)

1000

Number of people in a video or audio call from chat

20

Max PowerPoint File Size

2GB

How long does Teams keep meeting recordings that don't get uploaded to Microsoft Stream, available for local download

20 days

Meeting recording maximum length

4 hours or 1.5 GB. When this limit is reached, the recording ends and automatically restarts.

Maximum Town Hall/Live Event Audience Size

10,000 attendees

Maximum Live Event/Town Hall Duration

4 hours

Maximum Concurrent Town Halls/Live Events running in a Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization

15

Maximum number of tags per team

200

Maximum Number of suggested default tags per team

25

Maximum Number of team members assigned to a tag

200

Maximum Number of tags assigned to a user per team

25

How long does Teams keep a deleted message?

Teams keeps deleted messages for 21 days by default.

How long will a meeting recording be available for download from Teams when it cannot be uploaded to OneDrive and SharePoint?

29 days and this cannot be modified administratively